Technical Manager Instrumentation and Controls
- Mississauga
- Nuclear
Technical Manager Instrumentation and Controls
AtkinsRéalis is one of Canada's largest private sector nuclear engineering groups. We have been providing a wide range of services to the nuclear industry in Canada and around the world since for more than 60 years. We are proud to be the steward of Canadian CANDU nuclear technology.
This role will be based in Mississauga, ON.
Your role within the team:
- Managing the design process from concept to preliminary to detailed design.
- Planning and executing work consistent with quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
- Coordinating and oversight of instrumentation and control design activities related to the completion of fundamental design for a nuclear power plant.
- Coordinating the design interface between the NSP and balance of plant (BOP) portions of a nuclear power plant.
- Working with assigned staff to find optimal solutions to project challenges.
- Providing technical guidance to staff, as appropriate.
- Ensuring that work is conducted in accordance with applicable Engineering and Quality Assurance procedures, and in accordance with the contract, applicable specifications, and technical requirements.
- Interfacing with stakeholders, including Engineering peers, Modelling, Procurement, Construction representatives, and prospective equipment and/or system vendors, to ensure system designs meet performance, safety, and regulatory requirements, and that the resulting designs are constructable, operable, and maintainable.
- Ensuring department deliverables are produced in accordance with budget, schedule, quality, and technical requirements.
- Approving engineering documents and deliverables.
- Removing barriers that could impact safety, quality, cost, and schedule performance.
- Participating in the preparation of commercial proposals and approving the technical content of proposals prepared under their direction.
- Forecasting resource demands for the assigned work scope, including required skills, capabilities, and durations.
- Working with marketing and other business groups to maintain and improve client relationships and offerings.
- The Technical Manager will oversee the work of 10 to 20 Instrumentation and Control engineering staff. Supervisory responsibilities include:
- Fostering a positive team environment where good performance is recognized and celebrated.
- Promoting a culture where safety is an overriding priority.
- Promoting the use of human performance tools.
- Promoting AtkinsRéalis values with focus on ED&I.
- Coaching for improved performance.
- Performing administrative tasks, e.g., timesheet approvals, vacation approvals.
- Recruitment of new staff with collaboration of Functional Managers as stake holders.
- Performance feedback and performance enhancement.
- Supporting the development of succession plans.
- Supporting the Functional Management team (as requested) with:
- Objectives and goals.
- Individual Development Plan.
- Training and Qualifications Management.
- Knowledge Transfer.
- Competency Management.
Why choose AtkinsRéalis as an employer?
Because we offer:
- The opportunity to work on various major projects for internal and external clients.
- An exciting environment where work-life balance is important.
- A wide array of learning and development opportunities.
- Competitive pay, flexible benefits, an employee share plan, and a defined contribution pension plan.
- A work environment focused on health and safety.
The ideal candidate:
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechatronics engineering, or related field from an accredited University.
- 5 years nuclear and/or CANDU technology experience is an asset.
- 5 or more years of experience leading engineering teams.
- Registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario with good standing, or eligible within six (6) months of hire.
- Experience managing engineering work with interfacing requirements involving other engineering teams (Process / Systems, Mechanical, Physics, Safety, Licensing, Civil / Structural, Electrical, Human Factors,), Procurement, Quality Assurance, Contracts, and Construction.
- Experience working within a Quality Management System (CSA N286), and quality standards (CSA N299).
- Working knowledge of/experience with the CSA, IEC, IEEE, and suites of standards pertaining to Electrical, Instrumentation and Control Engineering and other applicable standards and nuclear regulatory guides.
- Experience delivering an overall plant control system design of a power production facility.
- Experience and capability in regulatory communications in a regulated industry is an asset.
- Experience working in a nuclear facility licensed in Canada is an asset.
- Commercial acumen, with experience in procurement, contracts, supply chain, and/or logistics.
- Station operations and/or station maintenance experience in a plant controls faculty is an asset.
- Proven track record of performance in a multidiscipline, dynamic, project delivery environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organization and time management skills.
Other Aspects:
- Willing to travel to and potentially work at sites to meet business needs, inclusive of project (construction) site and equipment / component suppliers. (Note: the main work location will be our Mississauga campus location, based on a combination of project requirements and employee preference).
- Security Clearance with Public Services and Procurement Canada is a condition of employment.
Are you up for this challenge? Apply today and join our team to help engineer a Better Future for our Planet and its People.
At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds, and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion, or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.
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Appropriate accommodations will be provided upon request throughout the recruitment and hiring process as required by Company policy and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).
Successful applicants will be notified about AtkinsRéalis’s accommodation policies at the time the employment offer is extended, and the information will be shared with new personnel during the onboarding process.
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